US Immigration from Finland

My fianc is planning to fly into Dallas soon with his K1 visa.

For some background: In 2022 and 2023 he visited the US for long periods of time and somewhat frequently. For 3 of the visits, he stayed around 83 days with over 100 days in between visits. On his 4th visit, he was understandably taken into secondary and questioned for his visiting patterns. He was eventually let in, but they cut his visit short to a month and a half.

I understand that the officers can ask any questions they feel like, but I m more so asking the probability of them scrutinizing him over his previous visits. He has immigration intent now with the K1, but will they likely ask questions about his intentions in the past?

Just to clarify he had no intention to stay in the US on ESTA, just to visit me. He also said each time at the POE he was visiting me (girlfriend at the time).

Hello all,

Ive been reading around recently about what s to be expected at the POE with a K1, and I ve noticed there are some horror stories of people being denied entry. Now I m worrying that the worst case scenario will happen. I saw someone say they almost got denied entry because the petitioner was a student and had a co-sponsor. I m in a similar situation where I m a student with a co-sponsor. I m worried something bad will happen. We are a genuine couple, and I think we have shown it with all of our papers and proof. I just hate that there s a chance my fianc can get denied entry at the border after everything

He already had one bad experience at the border with ESTA, so it makes me even more nervous.

Hello! My fianc finished his interview earlier today. We were expecting a more straight forward answer once it was finished, but the CO told him that it could either be accepted, or they could come back and ask more questions. They said he will hear back within 2 weeks to a month, either he will get his visa or will get a request for more answers, or something like that? They said they will try the best to get it within the 2 weeks. I thought maybe it could be in administrative processing, but they didn't give him any additional papers or mentioned anything about AP. He told me the interview went well and questions were very simple, they didn't seem suspicious of anything or any red flags were raised. The only thing is they noticed is there were no photos from 2022, but there were photos from then so idk why they said that? Either way they didn't seem to dwell on it and were understanding.
They kept his passport and some paperwork from the packet. Our lawyer said it's a good sign they are planning to accept it since they kept his passport. I'm just a little confused since I've never heard of this happening lol, they usually say if its been approved, denied, or need more information after interview.

Hello, I just got back from vacation with my family to visit my fianc , as well as visiting other Nordic countries.
for some context: my fianc and I never had a proper proposal, we just kinda came to a mutual agreement to get married. I would consider us engaged whenever we submitted our I-129F. However, during this trip my fianc properly proposed to me in Norway.

His interview is in a couple of days. If the interviewer asks about engagement, what should he say? Obviously he will tell the truth, but I m more so curious how to phrase it. For example, if they ask when did we get engaged? Should he say when we submitted our I-129f (around January), or should he go into more detail talking about the proposal in Norway? Should he keep it simple unless they ask for more details? Thanks!

Hi everyone,

I recently completed my K-1 visa medical exam in Helsinki. The doctor told me that everything looks good, but the blood test results will be ready in a week. They also mentioned that I need to come back to collect the test results on the same day as my visa interview.

Is this a normal procedure? Has anyone else experienced something similar?

Thanks for your help!